Labor exploitation, rights and health in contemporary society
The monographic issue of the magazine Welfare & Ergonomic spaces and furniture 1/2024 dedicated to “Labor exploitation, rights and health in contemporary society” (Franco Angeli), offers reflections on the labor market and its evolution in contemporary forms of exploitation and marginalization.
The 10 contributions proposed allow us to frame this phenomenon in terms of a restructuring of Western society itself, of the social pact that constitutes and gives it shape and of the specific type of capitalism that organizes it. As the editor of the volume, Marco Omizzolo, underlines, the exploitation of labor can no longer be considered exceptional, "that is, as a short circuit of a labor market that actually works. No, on the contrary, all the analyses that embrace different sectors of the labor market, from logistics to agricultural work to domestic care work, reflect also starting from life stories on working conditions systematically based on marginality, vulnerability, blackmail and that also embrace from a quantitative point of view a dramatically growing number of people, male and female workers".
The following are proposed: LONG ABSTRACT in English language of the articles. La full-length magazine It can be purchased on the publisher Franco Angeli's website.
- Federica Cabras, Luigi of Cataldo, Monica Massari Migrant Bodies at Work. Exploitative practices and (in)visibilization processes from the Sicilian countryside to digital platforms
- Fabio Berti, Giulia Mascagni, “You have to be careful when working”. Exploitation, health and access to healthcare for foreign workers in agriculture
- Octavia Salvador, “We hurt all over”. An experience of trade union struggle and workers inquiry for risk and harm prevention in the workplace
- Emilio Gardini, Struggle and self-organization. Class formation and mobilizations in the logistics industry
- Chiara Davoli, Exploiting within the rules. Outsourcing in agriculture and socio-educational services
- Isabella Corvino, Claudia Petrescu, Pina Sodano, Dual mastering and labor exploitation: life and work stories of Romanian women in home care in Italy from Romania
- Rafaela da Conceição Hilario Pascoal, Francesca Cimino, The relevance of multi-level governance on countering the social inequity health determinants of exploited migrant workers: A comparison between the Project PIU Su.Pr.Eme. in the Region of Sicily and the Project Common Ground in the Veneto Region
- Sarah Korbi, Digitalization and migrations: IT platforms and agricultural work
- Fiammetta Fanizza, Fiorella Spallone, The definition of welfare space in the project redevelopment of Borgo Mezzanotte
- Stefania Peca, Pierluigi Musarò, Sowing exploitation reap campaigns, of awareness. The role of diasporas in countering labor exploitation.
Open section
- Valentino Santoni, Networks for occupational welfare: mapping Italians' experiences
- Chiara Verga, Cancer and Big Data: Empirical Approaches and Field Research for Effective Prevention
- Elia Pizzolitto, Roberto Veraldi, Inequalities, Covid-19, And Healthcare Access In Urban And Suburban Areas: An Initial Review
The complete magazine is available on the website Franco Angeli.
This monographic issue also marked an important passage for the life of the magazine Welfare & Ergonomia, whose direction has passed from the founder Antonella Ciocia, Pietro Demurtas e Anna Millione (CNR-IRPPS) who will continue to share it with Mara Tognetti (Catholic University of Milan), and which has become part of the editorial projects financed by CNR-DSU. These innovations were presented on September 27, 2024, at the Marconi Hall of the CNR.
